How to Make Simple Lemon Rosemary Cornmeal Cookies in Your Air Fryer--With Olive Oil, No Butter

Unlike most cookies, these simple cookies contain no butter! Instead fruity olive oil provides flavor and the fat that makes the cookies tender. Fresh rosemary and lemon zest scent and add a citrus-piney freshness to the not quite cake-like cookies. The cornmeal is a little unusual in a cookie, but it's incredibly good. It's light, slightly nubby, and provides a sweet chew. The cookies are less sweet than many, making them a good option if you don't want a sugar overload. That said, if you'd like more sweetness and a nice crunch, you can sprinkle on raw/turbinado sugar before baking the cookies. Enjoy!

How to Make Simple Lemon Rosemary Cornmeal Cookies in Your Air Fryer--With Olive Oil, No Butter

Air Fryer Lemon, Rosemary, Olive Oil Cornmeal Cookies -- Makes about 24

1 1/2 cups of flour

1/2 cup of cornmeal (I use yellow)

1 teaspoon of baking powder

1/4 teaspoon of salt

1/2 cup of sugar

2 large eggs

1/2 cup of olive oil

2 teaspoons of chopped fresh rosemary

1 teaspoon of grated lemon zest

1-2 tablespoons of raw/turbinado sugar

In a large bowl, stir together the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, and salt. Dump the dry ingredients out into another bowl or on a sheet of waxed or parchment paper. In the now empty bowl, whisk together well the sugar, eggs, olive oil, rosemary, and lemon zest. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Let the mixture sit for at least five minutes. In the meantime, cut squares of baking parchment large enough to just fit in your air fryer basket. Drop two or three 1 1/2 tablespoon portions of dough onto each piece of parchment. If you'd like, sprinkle a little turbinado sugar on top of each dough mound and press the sugar into the dough a little with your fingers. Put the dough-covered parchment in the air fryer, and bake the cookies at 325 degrees for about 10 minutes or until puffed and just barely set. The cookies won't/shouldn't brown much. Repeat the process with the remaining dough or make as many cookies as you want/need and refrigerate the remaining dough to bake another day.

How to Make Simple Lemon Rosemary Cornmeal Cookies in Your Air Fryer--With Olive Oil, No Butter